Touch Podcast: Conversations of Spirit and Body

Touch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nate Novero and Shannon Ethridge. Sex Advice: On this episode, did we rob a generation of their ability to trust themselves sexually? Will the California movement of women coming together to meditate on their genitals catch on in other places in the U.S.? We’ll talk about Giving sexually and contextually appropriate pastoral counsel around sex: We don’t tell 15-year-olds the same thing as 51-year-olds.

Methodist pastor Rev. Angie McCarty speaks with longtime friend Shannon Ethridge about their shared history in teaching “Biblical” marriage and abstinence-only sex education to teens. Instead, what about a biblical view of covenant? What will happen when United Methodists vote next month on same-sex marriage? In this episode, we also challenge the “crushed” flower metaphor and begin a look at what makes folks sexually frigid. Rev. Angie McCarty pastors at the UNited Methodist Church of the Resurrection and directs their Crossroads Program.

Touch Podcast Season 2 Episode 9: Shameless Sex (part 2 of 2) with Bromleigh McCleneghan Touch Podcast is co-hosted and produced by Ryan Clark along with Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge. In this episode, we continue our interview with Bromleigh McCleneghan about her book Good Christian Sex. In part 2, we discuss what makes sex sacred and ethically sourced pornography comes up again. We also pick back up with Bromleigh at the Just Sex conference where she talks about being the sex expert on church staff. Why is it important for women to be sexually shameless? Shannon, Nate, and Ryan speak to reducing shame in relationships and question whether virginity is a valid concept.

Touch Season 2 Episode 8: Good Christian Sex with Bromleigh McCleneghan Touch Podcast is co-hosted and produced by Ryan Clark along with Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge. Is Chastity the only option? How difficult is it for a woman to publish a book on sex when she’s not ashamed of the actual sex? In this episode, we speak with Bromleigh McCleneghan about her Book Good Christian Sex at the Just Sex Conference Sponsored by the Alliance of Baptists, at the Baptist Beer Garden which was sponsored by Eden Theological Seminary and The Carpenter Program at Vanderbilt Divinity School. This is part one of two - In part two, We hear more fascinating and fun conversation about shame and intimacy and the pitfalls of hook-up sex.

Touch Podcast Season 2 Episode 7: Holy Eroticism with Marvin Ellison Are you planning on having sex in 2019? Then you must join co-hosts Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge in another conversation at the Just Sex Conference. This time with Dr. Marvin Ellison. What does it mean to live a principled life? Dr. Marvin Ellison speaks to the failures of the institutionally impotent stance of “Celibacy in singleness and sex only in marriage” because it says too little and because too much happens in [heterosexual] marriage that is unethical. Also, Is our preoccupation with sexuality driving us crazy? Support Touch Podcast now and get secret content when you subscribe.  Support Touch Podcast now @  www.patreon.com/touchpodcast! Follow us on Social media @touch_cast Subscribe to Touch on iTunes

Touch Conversations Season 2 Episode 6: The Vulnerable Masculine (part 2 Of 2) Touch Podcast is produced and co-hosted by Ryan Clark along with co-hosts Nate Novero and Shannon Ethridge. In continuing our conversation about homosexuality and the church, Co-host Nate Novero models beautiful vulnerability when he tells the whole story of his sexual experience with another man. Shannon gives a wonderful word of coaching about homoerotic fantasies and Ryan talks about King James’ boyfriends and institutional destruction. Support Touch Podcast now and get secret content when you subscribe.  Support Touch Podcast now @  www.patreon.com/touchpodcast! Follow us on Social media @touch_cast

Touch Conversations of Spirit and Body S2 E5: Monumental Shifts (1 of 2). How do you start a conversation about Desire, Gay Sex, and God?  Ryan Clark, Nate Novero and Shannon Ethridge give it a shot as they reflect on the Ethics of Sex with David Gushee episode (4). Nathan and Shannon have a heart to heart about God and homosexuality.  Shannon expresses her evolving views and Nathan comes clean about his same-sex sexual experience.  Nathan realizes how much he allowed his fears of God’s judgment to direct his path and tells of his discovery that he can still love himself.  And, kissing someone with a beard can be nice.  Also, Ryan might be a complete narcissist. Support Touch Podcast now and get secret fall content when you subscribe.  Support Touch Podcast now @  www.patreon.com/touchpodcast!

Touch Conversations of Spirit and Body S2 E4: Ethics of Sex with David Gushee Touch Podcast Season 2 is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nate Novero, and Shannon Ethridge. This episode is a reboot from season 1 where Ryan speaks with Dr. David Gushee about the Ethics of Sex. They also venture into gay and lesbian marriage and how to ethically reconsider beliefs from our fundamentalistic church teachings. We love our listeners! Did you know you can become a monthly supporter of Touch Podcast: Conversations of Spirit and Body? Check out our new page at www.patreon.com/touchpodcast. Dr. David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University. Widely regarded as one of the leading moral voices in American Christianity, he is the author or editor of 21 books and hundreds of articles. We observe how easy it is for many people to come to a point where the moralistic sexual ethic from church youth group isn’t sufficient and respond by abandoning all our sexual boundaries. So, how do we build a sexual ethic that has a Scriptural basis and is consistent with our religious values? The response doesn’t have to be chaos, it can be human flourishing.

Touch Conversations of Spirit And Body Season 2 Episode 3 with Dr. Bill Stayton At Just Sex Ignorance Is Not Bliss Touch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero and is joined in season 2 by Shannon Ethridge. In this episode, Nate and Shannon interview Dr. Bill Stayton at the Just Sex Conference sponsored by the Alliance of Baptists. Listeners know every conversation with Dr. Stayton is a trek into the sexual unknown and this show is no exception. From spontaneous erections to the difference between the cervix and clitoris, Nate and Shannon will take you on a fun ride toward honestly and authenticity. Ryan learns he’s been pronouncing the word clitoris wrong his whole life. This interview was made possible by Alliance of Baptists, The Carpenter Program of Vanderbilt Divinity School and Eden Theological Seminary. Support Touch Podcast now and get secret fall content when you subscribe.  Check out our support page at www.patreon.com/touchpodcast. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/touch-podcast-conversations-of-spirit-and-body/id1347187102?mt=2

Touch Conversations of Spirit and Body Season 2 Episode 2 With LINDA KAY KLEIN Touch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero and is joined in season 2 by Shannon Ethridge. In this episode, Ryan speaks with author Linda KayKlein about her book PURE: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. Ryan and Linda explore the evangelical purity movement, the impact on relationships and what hope the church might be able to offer. Ryan, Nate and Shannon discuss ways couples and individuals can move forward after purity. PURE follows Linda Kay Klein’s journey to heal from sexual and gender-based shame after having grown up in the American Evangelical Christian Church. Throughout her youth, she was taught to be submissive, repress her sexuality, and avoid becoming a “stumbling block” for men—that is, tempting them in any sexual way. The church emphasized a girl’s sexuality as the most important mark of her spiritual standing with God.

Touch Conversations of Spirit and Body: Season 2 Episode 1 - Desire Touch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero and is joined in season 2 by Shannon Ethridge. This episode looks at our major theme, "Desire" this season and all the topics we plan to cover including Relationships, sex toys, fantasy, arousal, lust, sexual addiction, porn, aging, sex talk with kids and more!

The Ethics of Sex with A Little Gay Marriage and Some Christian Fundamentalism with Dr. David Gushee Touch Podcast Season 1 is hosted by Ryan Clark and Nate Novero. In this episode Ryan speaks with Dr. David Gushee about the Ethics of Sex. They also venture into gay and lesbian marriage and how to ethically reconsider beliefs from our fundamentalistic church teachings. Dr. David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University. Widely regarded as one of the leading moral voices in American Christianity, he is the author or editor of 21 books and hundreds of articles. We observe how easy it is for many people to come to a point where the moralistic sexual ethic from church youth group isn’t sufficient and respond by abandoning all our sexual boundaries. So, how do we build a sexual ethic that has a Scriptural basis and is consistent with our religious values? The response doesn’t have to be chaos, it can be human flourishing.

Touch is hosted by Ryan Clark and Nate Novero and on this episode, Ryan interviews Nate and Dr. Kristina Kincaid about how Tantra can be a tool for healing from sexual trauma. What happens when we allow pleasure into our lives? Nate speaks to how he discovered Tantra and how he met Dr. Kincaid and the role Tantra as a practice has played in helping him reconnect his faith. Become a supporter of Touch Podcast and get secret summer content when you subscribe.  Check out our support page at www.patreon.com/touchpodcast. We are pleasure creatures, but we’ve been trained to channel all our pleasure energy through our sexuality. What we’ve done, according to Kincaid, is find pseudo erotic solutions to pleasure. When our heart and sexuality are connected through our body, she contends, we have a deep understanding of what is sacred and holy…We become more ethical. Dr. Kincaid is the co-author if Return to Eros and the Director of Integral of Evolutionary Tantra Institute in New York City. IET teaches coaches and mentors individual to take the next step in self-transformation. IET was created to develop cutting-edge Leaders, Projects, and Initiative of conscious collaboration in the world.

Did your church commercialize virginity? This episode is a reboot of Touch Episode 1: Selling Purity where hosts Ryan Clark and Nate Novero speak with former Christian pop-star Jennifer Knapp about a previously untold experience where she was approached to be to poster-girl for True Love Waits, a popular Southern Baptist Teen Abstinence program.

Episode 17 of Touch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark and Nate Novero and they speak with sexologist and psychologist Dr. Bill Stayton about eroticism, masturbation, and the barriers to desire. Did Jesus have a sex life? How do we combat our own secretiveness? We speak with Dr. Stayton about how our own sexual shame keeps us from communicating and leads to issues with pleasure and problems with consent. Dr. Stayton contents that in addition to physical sexual trauma, are we sexually traumatized by moral absolutism of our faith culture? What happens when the switch doesn’t work? We love our listeners! Did you know you can become a monthly supporter of Touch Podcast: Conversations of Spirit and Body? Check out our new page at www.patreon.com/touchpodcast. William Stayton, M.Div., Th.D., Ph.D. is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches of the U.S.A.  He is also a licensed psychologist and AASECT certified sexuality educator and therapist. Formerly, Bill was the Executive Director of the Center for Sexuality and Religion, an organization dedicated to facilitating dialogue between the field of sexology and various medical and religious systems. For 28 years, Bill was affiliated with the human sexuality program at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1998, the program moved from the University of Pennsylvania to Widener University in Chester, PA where he was Professor and Director of the graduate programs in Human Sexuality. During his ten years as Director, the program grew from a masters’ to a doctoral program in human sexuality. He is a retired Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. He remains Professor Emeritus in the Center for Human Sexuality Studies at Widener University.